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1 tighten one's belt
to make sacrifices and reduce one's standard of living:يَشُد الحِزام، يُنْزِلُ مُسْتَوى المَعيشَهIf the economy gets worse, we shall just have to tighten our belts.
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2 cinghia
"belt;Riemen;correia"* * *f strap( cintura) belttirare la cinghia tighten one's belt* * *cinghia s.f.2 ( cintura) belt: la cinghia dei pantaloni, trouser belt // stringere la cinghia, (fig.) to tighten one's belt3 (mecc.) belt: cinghia ad anello, endless belt; cinghia di trasmissione, drive belt; cinghia trapezoidale, V-shaped belt; cinghia della ventola, fan-belt.* * *['tʃingja]sostantivo femminile1) (per legare) strap; (di sella) girth2) (dei pantaloni) belt3) tecn. belt; (di gomma) bandcinghia di trasmissione — driving o transmission belt
••stringere o tirare la cinghia — to pinch and scrape, to tighten one's belt
* * *cinghia/'t∫ingja/sostantivo f.1 (per legare) strap; (di sella) girth2 (dei pantaloni) beltstringere o tirare la cinghia to pinch and scrape, to tighten one's belt. -
3 livrem
* * *belt;(også fig) tighten one's belt;[ gå både med livrem og seler] wear both belt and braces. -
4 kemerleri sıkmak
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5 suge på labben
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6 си го притегнува ременот
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7 utáhnout si opasek
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8 herîa sultarólina
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9 ajustarse el cinturón
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10 apretarse el cinturón
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11 pasar privaciones
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12 ponerse en cintura
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13 prepararse para los embates de la vida
• tighten one's beltDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > prepararse para los embates de la vida
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14 utiahnuť si opasok
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15 serrer la ceinture, se
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16 идти на лишения
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17 apretarse o ajustarse el cinturón
Spanish-English dictionary > apretarse o ajustarse el cinturón
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18 kemerini sıkmak
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19 apertar o cinto
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20 kemerini sıkmak
to tighten one's belt
См. также в других словарях:
tighten one's belt — {v. phr.} To live on less money than usual; use less food and other things. * /When father lost his job we had to tighten our belts./ Often used in the expression tighten one s belt another notch . * /When the husband lost his job, the Smiths had … Dictionary of American idioms
tighten one's belt — {v. phr.} To live on less money than usual; use less food and other things. * /When father lost his job we had to tighten our belts./ Often used in the expression tighten one s belt another notch . * /When the husband lost his job, the Smiths had … Dictionary of American idioms
tighten one's belt — ► tighten one s belt cut one s spending. Main Entry: ↑belt … English terms dictionary
tighten one's belt — verb live frugally and use less resources In the new economy, we all have to learn to tighten our belts • Hypernyms: ↑save, ↑economize, ↑economise • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * phrasal … Useful english dictionary
tighten\ one's\ belt — v. phr. To live on less money than usual; use less food and other things. When father lost his job we had to tighten our belts. Often used in the expression tighten one s belt another notch . When the husband lost his job, the Smiths had to do… … Словарь американских идиом
tighten one's belt — idi tighten one s belt, to respond to hardship by reducing expenditures … From formal English to slang
tighten one’s belt — tv. to prepare for economies. (As if one would not be able to afford enough food to make one’s stomach press against one’s belt. See also take one’s belt in (a notch).) □ Get ready to tighten your belt. I lost my job. □ The entire country will… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
tighten one's belt — cut one s expenditure. → belt … English new terms dictionary
tighten one's belt — verb To be more frugal. To make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income. In the current crisis, we will have to tighten our belts … Wiktionary
tighten one's belt — economize, spend less We will have to tighten our belts for awhile until the economy improves … Idioms and examples
tighten one's belt — phrasal to practice strict economy … New Collegiate Dictionary